161w ago - Following up on our
previous article, today VG247.com (linked above) has reported that Sony's upcoming PSP2 will feature a touch-screen and two cameras.
As part of their E3 2010 reveal, the following details have currently surfaced on the PlayStation Portable 2, to quote:
• Multiple British sources have confirmed that PSP2 NDAs have been in place at publishers and developers for many months.
• PSP2 has two cameras, one forward and one backward facing.
• It has a touch-screen, but apparently it has retained the trademark physical PlayStation buttons.
• UK sources were previously working towards a "2010″ release. This is now "2011″.
• One source would be "amazed" if there was any kind of physical media involved. We've been told it "could" be 3G-enabled, as opposed to the WiFi-only PSP go. This bit was sketchy.
• Multiple PSP2 games are being made in Britain right now. Some have even already been canned.
• There have been "finished units" in the UK, but we haven't spoken to anyone that's seen a final case.
• When asked directly about reveal timing, one source said, "If the games were aiming for end 2010, beginning 2011, and now it's a 2011 release, I'd say a gamescom or TGS announce for launch early next year".
• One source told us the machine is based on a four-core Cell CPU. PS3 runs on an eight-core version.
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Having a quad cell could consist of 1 222-666mhz main processor and 3 SPUs leaving one spu constantly running security... or your could have 2 lower clocked processors and 2 SPUs... the whole thing is a heat/battery life balancing act... i dont know exactly how they are going to do it but im sure sony could build something...
i'm sure when/if the psp2 is announced at E3 the details will be announced and we won't have to speculate about this anymore.
i found this on thesixthaxis.com:
Alongside the dual cameras (which we can confirm as being in there, as far as we know) the motion sensor will allow the PSP2 to run ‘augmented reality’ software far beyond what we’ve seen with the current PSP. Expect smart use of the cameras and motion sensors from first party studios, with hopefully Layar-style functionality.
Naturally, none of all this can be categorically confirmed, so treat it as a rumour, but if we were you we’d keep at least one eye on E3 next month…
but I'm not afraid of overheating issues at least $ony has a reputation in this matter,while about battery life i hope they learned their lesson from the original psp!
the actual "speed" of the processor means much less today than it ever did in the past. in today's processors, the speed of moving data through them is more important than the speed of "crunching" the data.
for example, would a 2.66Ghz core i7 be a faster processor than a 2.66Ghz core 2 duo e6750? the answer is yes.
which sounds better. a quad 200,300 or even a 400mhz cpu or a single 800-1600mhz cpu?
which one would/may have overheating problems? even though i don't believe would be dropping the psp1 compatibilty